Li Jianxin only gave a faint thanks for Ying Yan's kind reminder.
Afterwards, Yan Yan arranged a cave for Li Mo. But Yan Yan didn't feel like speaking to Li Mo.
Ying Yan threw the token to Li Mo and left. Every cave had its own protective array.
This array was to prevent the owner from being disturbed while he was in seclusion.
Therefore, the token that was thrown over was the key to the cave abode, the key to control the cave abode's formation.
Li Mo entered the cave. It wasn't big, and the furnishings were simple.
As far as the eye could see, there was only a stone bed, a stone table, a few stone stools, and a small fountain.
The fountain's water wasn't big, but the clear water flowed slowly, leaving behind something that looked like a sink.
Of course, every cave on Ling Firmament Mountain had this kind of fountain.
There should be a small fountain beneath the Ling Xiao Mountain, and the Elders Council's powerhouses had drawn it here.
Not to mention the simple furnishings here, just the spiritual energy flowing in the cave was comparable to the spiritual energy in the man-made caves on the Golden Snake Mountain.
The only difference between the two was that pure Spirit Qi flowed in this cave.
But in Golden Snake Mountain's cave, spiritual qi was mixed with astral winds.
Therefore, even the lowest grade cave abode was much better than the cave abode in the Golden Snake Mountain.
Li Mo nodded as he looked around.
"Not bad. The cave at the foot of the mountain has such spiritual qi.
How dense would the Spiritual Qi be in the abodes above? "
Li Mo's eyes shined.
Li Mo heard Ying Yan's voice, so he didn't mind robbing someone else's cave.
This world was one where the strong preyed on the weak.
The weak didn't deserve resources. If Li Mo was weak, others would've taken advantage of him long ago.
So Li Mo didn't think robbing someone else was a bandit.
The mountains around Ling Firmament Mountain belonged to the Elder Council. After all, the Elder Council needed to eat and drink.
As for the offerings of the other villages, only the Elder Council's elders or deacons could eat them.
The emissary could only go to these mountains to find something to eat.
Li Mo had some jerky in his storage bag, but going out for fresh meat was better than eating jerky.
So Li Mo tidied up his cave, changed into the white robes of the Elder Council's emissaries and went hunting.
Li Mo wasn't too familiar with his surroundings so he didn't go too far and climbed a random mountain.
The New Year had just passed, and the weather was still not warm.
It didn't affect Li Mo and the other cultivators, but the forest was barren, with not a single leaf on the trees.
The ground was covered in a thin layer of snow, giving Li Mo a comfortable feeling.
Looking around, Li Mo frowned.
In this season, many spirit beasts were hibernating in their caves. This was not a good season for hunting.
"Stinking brat!
What are you doing! "
"Get lost!"
"…"
While Li Mo was looking around, two disgruntled voices reached his ears.
On closer inspection, it was the same as Li Mo's, the white robes of the Elder Council's emissaries.
Both of them were at the late-stage Golden Core Realm.
Their thick blood qi wasn't something an average late Golden Core Stage cultivator could compare to.
But then again, those who could enter the Elder Council were naturally talented.
And these two must have entered the Elder Council before Li Mo and the others. They were nurtured by the Elder Council first, so of course they were strong.
"What's wrong with me?"
Li Mo frowned in annoyance.
He was just walking in the forest. Was he in their way?
"What's wrong with you?
You've stepped on the formation that we've set up! "
Seeing Li Mo's clueless face, the two youths were flustered.
Hunting in this season wasn't an easy task.
And the spiritual beast they were hunting wasn't your average. That was why they laid an array, waiting for a hare to come to them.
But they didn't expect their prey to enter the array, while a hothead did.
If their prey ran away in fright, then their suffering these past few days would be in vain.
"Array?"
Li Mo muttered to himself as he looked over.
There was only a thin layer of snow on the ground, so Li Mo didn't notice any array.
But with Li Mo's keen eyesight, he soon found the array flag.
On the thin layer of snow, there were a few big chunks.
'How could this amount of snow form a big chunk?'
It was obvious that the two of them had wrapped the array flag here, afraid that their prey would discover it, so they covered it with a layer of snow.
But it worked. After all, Li Mo didn't pay attention and entered the array, not to mention the prey.
But it didn't take long for these two to have a poor understanding of arrays. If not, the array core and flag could've been hidden in the ground, trees, or even rocks.
"How come I've never seen you before?
Are you a new emissary? "
Seeing Li Mo standing in the array with no intention of moving, a youth stepped forward and asked in annoyance.
He was questioning Li Mo, but the arrogance on his face showed that he looked down on Li Mo and the others who just joined the Elder Council.
"Your big brother is Hao Jun!
Your big brother is Zhen Shuai!
Why don't you go to the Elders Council and ask about our names? Since you've just entered the Elders Council,
You don't know anything, so we won't pursue this matter!
If you keep this up, we'll activate the array and break your legs!
Then throw you out! "
The other youth stepped forward and scolded with the same arrogance.
Li Mo snickered at their words.
Li Mo ignored them because he was wondering what array this was.
After all, Li Mo studied arrays in his past life.
Li Mo couldn't see the array core or the array disk, but from the placement of the chunks of snow, he guessed it was a small Saber Array.
And a badly damaged one at that.
In his past life, there was a great faction that had a great killing array passed down from their ancestors, called the Saber Array.
It was just that even though the power of this large saber formation was domineering, it was too profound.
If one couldn't comprehend it, they would put it there. It might kill the enemy, but it could also kill oneself.
Thus, a great figure used the Saber Array to create a small Saber Array. The small Saber Array wasn't as domineering as the Saber Array.
But it was easy to comprehend and control.
Thus, the small Saber Array was very popular.
But Li Mo didn't care for this small Saber Array.
Li Mo could find the weakest part of the array and break out of it, even if the two were to use the incomplete saber array.
While Li Mo was pondering, he heard Hao Jun and Zhen Shuai.
Li Mo couldn't help but look at their faces, one tall and one short.
The tall one called himself Hao Jun. He had a good figure.
But the man's face looked like a pancake.
Why a pancake?
Because some people sprinkled sesame on their pancakes, and the man's face looked like sesame was scattered all over it.
As for the short man named Zhen Shuai, he was short and stout. He stood there like a short sweet potato.
'What's with the word' handsome '?'
Chuckling, Li Mo walked out of the array, unwilling to say anything more.
"You!"
"Brat, stop right there!"
Hao Jun and Zhen Shuai roared at Li Mo's expression.
The two rolled up their sleeves and charged at Li Mo.
Because of their names and looks, the two had no shortage of people mocking them.
That's how they became good friends. 'But it's one thing for others to mock me, but you, a brat who just joined the Elder Council, dares to mock us?'
Hao Jun and Zhen Shuai couldn't take it anymore, but just as they were about to attack Li Mo …
Crunching sounds came from the snow in the forest. It was the sound of something stepping on the snow.
This thin layer of snow, how small would the sound of stepping on it be?
But Hao Jun and Zhen Shuai weren't weak, not to mention they had many years of hunting experience.
The two stopped and the short Zhen Shuai waved his fist at Li Mo.
"Brat!
I'll deal with you later! "
Hao Jun didn't want to waste time.
"Zhen Shuai, hurry up!
If we let this saber-toothed tiger go, what will we give to senior brother Yuchi? "
The two came to a barren tree and used it to hide their figures.
Li Mo also found a thick tree and flew up.
Prey was scarce and Hao Jun and Zhen Shuai had to deal with Li Mo.
So Li Mo turned his attention to Zhen Shuai and Zhen Shuai.
"Saber-toothed tiger. An adult saber-toothed tiger is at the peak of the Golden Core Stage.
No wonder they used the Saber Array to hunt. "
Li Mo spoke softly from the tree.
His eyes held a tinge of excitement. The saber-toothed tiger's fangs were a great material for refining.
Li Mo was in need of a good weapon.
No weapon could compare to the Staff of Origin, but Li Mo still had to travel in the outside world.
He couldn't always use the Staff of Origin, could he?
If someone recognized it … Li Mo had been hunted for centuries in his past life.
In this life, Li Mo didn't want to be hunted again.
So Li Mo wanted to make a different weapon.
The tree was so tall that the saber-toothed tiger wouldn't notice Li Mo even if he stood on it.
The sound of breaking was getting closer and closer. Then, a sturdy saber-toothed tiger that was twice the size of the other tigers walked out.
The saber-toothed tiger strode with beautiful patterns all over its body.
The most prominent feature was the fangs at the side of his mouth. These fangs were thin and long, as if two long swords were embedded at the side of his mouth. They were extremely sharp.
A saber-toothed tiger in the Golden Core Stage was no less intelligent than a human, but even humans couldn't claim to have a thorough understanding of arrays.
The saber-toothed tiger didn't have the chance to learn arrays, not to mention the array was hidden well.
Therefore, the Saber-toothed Tiger walked over step by step, not knowing that it had already fallen into the incomplete knife formation.